Highway guidepost



A. HUEBSAMEN.

HIGHWAY GUIDEPOST.

APPLICATION man APR. 1,4, 1921. v

lpgo Patented Apr. M, 1922.

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. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HIGHWAY Guinnrosr.

iaiiaesa ne of the objects of the invention is toV provide a highway guide post by means of which a vast amount of detailed information, pertaining to the location in which the post is situated, characteristics of the contiguous country through which the designated routes pass and distances to the adjacent towns, villages, cities reached thereby, reciting the location of garages, hotels, and addresses of physicians, highway superintendents, magistrates, and other persons and things of interest toa travelling Astranger in a strange neighborhood is available.

Another object-is to provide a highway guide post. in which a series of printed cards n containing desired information are .housed and protected from weather, but readily available when required.

Another object is the provision of a highway guide post havingcard holding means normally within a housing which may conveniently be moved outside the housing for inspection and which will automatically re.- turn to therhousing when released.

Another object is to provide in adevice of the character described a rotatable housing, to contain miscellaneous information, that may readily he moved on its aXis for more convenient inspection of the subject matter ofthe cards therein. Y

YAnother object is to -provide card holding frames in. which cards yare interchangeable for substitution of new ycards for older ones whenrequired. Y Y y Another objectislto provide a guide post in which generall information, such as the number or other designation of the routes and geographic direction, such as North, South, East and West, are placed on fixed parts of the post and more specific information, characteristic of the particular situan tion, is contained in a weather-proof housing,

specicaaniiof instamment. parentage@ am, 13,1922,

appiication mea April 14, 1921. semi 1ro. 461,291.

Other, further and more specific objects of the invention will become readily appar-v ent to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the following description, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of the device showing one of the frames moved to a position with the information card on the outside of the housing for convenient inspection.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on yline 2-2 of Fig. 1.

ln both views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

In the-drawings 3 is a post to be placed in the ground at selected locations along a highway, and particularly is it designed to be used at the points where highways cross, as a means for furnishing information to travelers along-either one of the highways.

1 is a threaded cap for attachment to the upper end of the post 3. i rod 5 is properly secured to the cap, shown to be threaded thereon .and held in `place by a 'nut 6. The upper end ofthe rodl is threaded, as at v7, to'receive and hold a roof structure 8. rIhe roof structure has a central boss 9 and four inclined walls 10. A cross section of the roof at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1 .will appear substantially as shown in are inclined from the center 12 to the respective outer edges.

Fixed to the upper central portions of the inclined part 10 are sign boards 13 and 14 bearing the route numbers and the directions with respect to the point at which the device is located. One of these signs will bear the route number together with the word North and the one on the opposite side with bear the same route number with the word South, whereas those that are arranged at right angles will bear .the respective number of another route with the words East and Vilest, respectively. Q The roof, togetherr with the rod 5, are fixed to the post 3, and when once adjusted to show the directions of the compass, `they are not thereafter molested.

A normally closed housing 15 is rotatable l? ig. 1, that is to say, the four portions 10 ioo ` of a weight 29,

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upon the rod 5, and located between the roof and the post 3, which consists of the bottoni plate 16 centrally perforated, as at 17, to be rotated about the post and a top plate 18, similarly perforated, as at 19, for the same purpose. Between the top and bottom plates are corner posts 20, 20a, 2Ob and 20, secured tov the plates 16 and 18, at theirl respective corners.

There are four panels or closures 21, 21, 21b vand 21C hinged, or pivoted,`to the respective adjacent posts. Each of the panels consists of a rectangular frame 22, having side members 23 and 23', each of which is provided with a trunnion 24;, 24C', located above the center of gravity'of the panel or closure and in horizontal planes, so that Vwhen the door is swung outwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, it will automatically moveV back into closed position when released. Between the members of the frame 22 is .contained'a plate 25, which may be of steel, or other suitable material, andyin the rear of the plate, in suitable channels, is located a krenewable card 26, fixed in place by a strap 27 secured to one member of the frame, so as to hold the card in place. Information, regarding characteristics of the respective routes, is to be printed upon' the card as shown at'28. tion may be varied from time to time the card 'is insertible in the frame and new cards may be substituted by removing and replacing the strip 27. The'bOttOm frame member 22 may be weighted, as by means so that the door will be automatically closed and held closed by the excessive weight. i* l vlthen a person traveling along a highway As the informaseizes the knob on the weight 29 and lifts the door into position shown on the right of Fig. 1,A whereupon the printed information contained upon the card, and which is normally upside down when the door is closed, will be presented in a legible manner so thatA it may be read by any person confronting the card. d

' The housing 15 is rotatable so thatif the information contained upon one cardV isv not all that is required the housing may be ro-v tated for more convenient examination of the other cards as when a person appreaches the structure in an automobile, in a vehicle of any description, or on horseback, without the necessity lof going around the post.

rlhe housing 15 is and not accessible by insects, birds, or the like, and when made of the proper material, will endure for a protracted period of time without attention orrepairs.

By having the cards contained normally inside of the housingfthey are protected from vthe deleterious effects of the 'weather consult the cards within the hous-' absolutely water-proof housing and the cooperating plates may, of.

Y so number required may be contained therein.

course, be made as large as desired and an Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. A highway f fixed structure having spaces wherein to designate information of 'substantially unchangeable character and a closed rotatable housing within which are contained a plu-V rality of like renewable sur-faces bearing spe;

cific information characteristic of the adjacent country through which the designated routes pass; means to independently display the surfaces outside the housing for inspection and automatic means to return, each characterized surface to the'housing when released.

2. A highway guide device comprisinga fixed structure having uspaceswhereinlto designate information of( substantially unl changeable character ini combination with a housing 'comprising a frame havingguni-- tween adjacent posts to form a` closed housing;

the doors to pivot'them inhori'z'ontal planes to automatically maintain them 'inl vertical planes and guiding' .information contained on the inside of the doors readable and leg-y ible when the :doors are -inverted forins'pe'l tion and the information-bearing surfaces outside of the housing.V

guide device compri'sln'ga hinges above thev center, of* gravity of Y formly spaced apart `vertical posts;' doorsv I' automatically movable to vvclosed"positionbeposts connecting the` bottoni and top plates i together; swinging closuresto form a normally closed housing pivotedvto the'kadjacent posts, arranged bearing on their inside surfaces information i to Swing outwardly v and respecting the routes indicz'ttedfbythe-strucs. Y i

ture, and arranged to swing inwardly to Y close the housing' when released.

1i. A highway guide device comprising a a card bearing speciiie information on the fixed structure having spaces wherein to back of each door and means to rotatably designate information of substantially unsupport the housing. 10 changeable character and a closed housing; In testimony whereof hereunto 'sub- 5 a series of doors hinged on horizontal pivots scribed my name.

located above their centers of gravity to automaticaily close the housing; means to hold ALBERT RUEBSAMEN. 

